Compound for graining wood



- w-" -W Y v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. GREENWOOD, JR, OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN.

COMPOUND FOR GRAINING WOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,973, dated July 11, 1882.

Application filed April 20, 1882. (No specimens.)

To allwhom u may concern Beitknown that I, J OHN'T. GREENWOOD, J r.,

' a citizen of the United States, resident of Beture of the ingredients hereinafter named,in'

the proportions set forth.

In preparing this graining compound I take one quart of malt vinegar, two ounces of brown sugar, one-quarter of an ounce of fishglue, one-half an ounce of alcohol, and four drams of the oil of sassafras, and mix them together.

Mineral paints are used for ground-work,

and when the compound above set forth is used in connection with such paints a body is 20 formed suitable for 'graining in imitation of oak, maple, black-walnut, or French walnut.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The graining compound consisting of malt 5 vinegar, brown sugar, fish-glue, alcohol, and oil of sassafras, mixed together in the proportions substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have 30 hereunto subscribedmy name in the presence of two witnesses.

J. '1. GREENWOOD, JR. Witnesses:

P. J OHNSON, E. P. KING. 

